Dell Studio Hybrid won't work with ViewSonic vx2235wm monitor (DVI)

[Greg Rundlett]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Neil Joseph Schelly
<neil at jenandneil.com> wrote:
> On Monday 13 April 2009 08:39:32 am Greg Rundlett wrote:
>> Because there is no signal, the monitor light is amber
>> rather than blue.  The cable is known to work with my MacBook Pro.
>> The monitor is known to work (in Digital mode) connected to my MacBook
>> Pro.  (The monitor also works in VGA mode, but that is beside the
>> point.)
>
> Sounds like you verified the cable and the monitor fine.  I'm curious when it
> stops working or if it never worked.  You mentioned upgrading drivers and
> everything - does that mean the monitor works for BIOS POST stuff and then
> goes off when the system tries to load the graphics drivers or a framebuffer
> or something?  Or have you never gotten any image on the monitor with the
> Dell machine and the DVI cable to that monitor?
> -N
>
I never get anything.  No beep, cursor, text, splash, nothing.  I turn
the computer on, and the screen remains black as if there is no signal
to it.  If I have another computer connected on the VGA port, I can
toggle back and forth between analog and digital, with a perfect
diplay on the VGA input, and no signal on the DVI input.  If I connect
my Macbook to the DVI input, I'll be able to toggle between both
inputs and both work.



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